When I first started working on this project, downsizing my clothing and not buying new clothing was a big goal. Then, I got pregnant. Slowly, all of my clothes stopped fitting comfortably and I needed some new items. I have two older sisters who both already have children though, so luckily most of my maternity wear has been free. There have still been things I needed to buy though. As time has gone on, my closet has gotten a little stuffed and I realized the other day that 95% of my maternity stuff/random clothing that still fits me, has all ended up just living in my clean clothes basket.
Because of the annoyance of having so many of my clothes living in a basket, I decided that today was finally the day that I was going to start waging war on my closet. I went through every drawer, shelf, and hangar in my closet. Some of the stuff was at the end of it’s life and could either be thrown out or cut up into rags. A lot of the stuff just doesn’t fit me right now in my current state of roundness though, so that stuff I just packed up into an 18-gallon tote.
Realizing that I had a full tote of clothes that I could pack-up made me realize that it is probably time to purge again, so I also sent in to ThredUp for one of their donation bags (when the donation bag gets here I’ll do a separate post about that). It also made me take a long, hard look at some of my clothing. Even though I don’t really have that much stuff I somehow had two jackets that were almost identical. How does that happen?! I didn’t even remember buying the non-hooded one from Old Navy, nor do I really know where it came from. Either way, one of those jackets will certainly be getting donated.
Now, all of my clothes that actually fit me and I can currently wear live in this one tiny, neat space. It’s still probably more than I need, but it feels good to have organized everything. I hope that I can do more organizing and eventually downsizing over time. For some reason, getting rid of stuff is tough for me right now. I’m not sure if it is all of the extra hormones making me feel sentimental or a slight urge to nest taking over, but I’m feeling much more into organizing and cleaning than throwing out, which is highly unusual for me, but I’m sure I’ll get the urge back eventually.
